By: Kenneth E. Boone, Sr.
It's always a good thing when you reach a milestone. While you get a chance to celebrate, you also have the opportunity to see if you have any unfinished business. It seems like I may have an incomplete to-do list, which totally caught me by surprise. I'm Ken Boone. Welcome to my Podcast, “MUCH MORE TO SAY” Thanks again for encouraging me to keep churning out these episodes. As I said on my last episode, my original plan was to publish between 20-25. Somehow, I reached the 100-episode mark, with no intentions to stop anytime soon. I more than doubled the 45 episodes I published for my first podcast, "From Grievance to Gratitude", which ran from May 2019 through October 2020. Add to that the over 50 blog posts under the same title helped to establish me as a “Blogging Podcaster”. As I mentioned on several occasions, sometime in calendar year 2023, my current flagship show, "Much More to Say", was placed under review for possible violations of one of their Terms of Service policies by my hosting platform. I didn't agree with them. But instead of sticking around for the outcome of their review, I moved most of the shows I produced for my network. All except “From Grievance to Gratitude.” My plan was to let that show die on the vine, since I officially cancelled my hosting account with the platform. But for some strange reason, “From Grievance to Gratitude” is still active on Spreaker as well as the rest of the platforms out there. Not only did my hosting platform effectively paralyze this show, but they also placed under review the three new podcasts scheduled for release this Fall. That hurt, since I already recorded, published, and began promoting trailers for those shows. At least I can still use some of the content from those shows. Now that my old show is still out there, and I'm not a wasteful person, what am I to do? It's not that I'm feeling nostalgic. Not even close. In fact, the first few episodes were painful to record and even more painful to listen to. But since I didn't expect the show to garner a large following of listeners, I was able to toil away in anonymity. One can be quite bold when one knows he's not being heard. The main purpose of the show was to give me experience behind the microphone, and early on featured me mouthing off about the perceived slights I endured in both my early and later years. However, I would intentionally double back and express the gratefulness I felt when I found the silver linings. At first, the gratitude was pretty hard to spot. But over time, it began to take over the episodes. Over time, the lack of things for me to complain about made that podcast irrelevant. And since I was already bitten by the podcasting bug, I had no choice but to create the show you're listening to now. I was able to find new home for the other podcasts that are part of the Descant MMG Podcast Network. I still publish episodes of “Much More to Say” every Wednesday. I've remastered episodes of the shows hosted by Celia and Angel. I publish those shows on alternating Mondays. But what should I do about “From Grievance to Gratitude”? Right now, the answer is not clear to me. But I have until the end of this calendar year to decide. That's when the podcasts hosted by Celia and Angel are scheduled to end their runs. However, if either of them decides they want to resume recording, we'll pick up right where we left off. In the meantime, this show is still alive and well. We just published our 100th episode last Wednesday. I've worked the kinks out of the companion blog, with posts appearing each Friday. Those two projects keep me pretty busy, so I don't have to do anything with the old show. But for some reason it was left out there and I'd like to see if it still has a pulse. Parting Shots As I said at the beginning of this episode, reaching a milestone is a good thing. For a podcaster, publishing your 100th episode is nothing short of monumental. To celebrate the occasion, I bought a few cheap trinkets as well as some decent takeout. However, I do have some unfinished business. I have more people, places, and things to promote, more opinions to offer, and maybe even restart an old podcast. Whatever lies on the road ahead, I'm glad to have you along for the ride. God Bless, my friends! Today's Quote “There's always unfinished business in life, that doesn't mean we stop trying to finish what we started.” – Anonymous
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About the HostKenneth E. Boone, Sr. is a writer, podcaster, music lover, sports enthusiast, and retired accountant. Archives
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